Plan and want is to retire at Kentucky

Amid curiosity from UCLA, Kentucky coach John Calipari tweeted Wednesday night time that he has no plans to go away the Wildcats.

“Earlier than I am going to mattress, let me simply say this: I am teaching on the Univ. of Kentucky,” he wrote in a Twitter submit. “In my view, there isn’t any higher job on this planet to educate basketball. My plan and my want is to retire at Kentucky. I feel the college feels the identical as I do and we have talked brazenly about it.”

Earlier than I am going to mattress, let me simply say this: I am teaching on the Univ. of Kentucky. In my view, there isn’t any higher job on this planet to educate basketball. My plan and my want is to retire at Kentucky. I feel the college feels the identical as I do and we have talked brazenly about it.

— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) March 21, 2019

Now let’s give attention to this recreation tomorrow!

— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) March 21, 2019

UCLA, which fired Steve Alford on New Yr’s Eve, has taken its time looking for a substitute. The Bruins have gauged the curiosity of quite a lot of big-time coaches, sources informed ESPN, together with Calipari and Virginia ‘s Tony Bennett.

Calipari has denied curiosity in a number of NBA jobs in current offseasons. Two years in the past, after studies that Calipari reached out to the New York Knicks expressing curiosity in a twin coach/front-office place, he tweeted that “NO ONE has contacted the Knicks on my behalf. I’m the coach at Kentucky and shall be for a very long time!”

Halfway via the 2015-16 season, Calipari tweeted an announcement concerning a report that he requested the New Jersey Nets and Sacramento Kings for a nine-figure contract. “I’m not negotiating with ANYBODY,” he wrote.

In 2015, Calipari took to Twitter and mentioned he was “not on the lookout for another teaching place” after extra studies linking him to the Kings.

A couple of weeks earlier, Calipari denied curiosity within the vacant New Orleans Pelicans job, regardless of two former gamers on the roster. “Regardless that Anthony [Davis] and Tyreke [Evans] are in NOLA, I’ve no real interest in the Pelicans or another job. I’ve an awesome job and I am pleased at UK,” he tweeted.

Kentucky (27-6, 15-Three within the SEC) earned a 2-seed within the NCAA match and opens towards 15-seed Abilene Christian on Thursday.